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Clunky
- adjective - lacking grace in movement or posture;
- making a clunking sound
Clupea
- noun - type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings
Clusia
- noun - an aromatic tree of the genus Clusia having large white or yellow or pink flowers
Clutch
- noun - a collection of things or persons to be handled together
- a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism; "this year's model has an improved clutch"
- a number of birds hatched at the same time
- a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism; "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other"
- a tense critical situation; "he is a good man in the clutch"
- a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
- affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
- hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared"
- take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
Clypei
- noun - a shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head